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> This is the whole 'eminent domain' debate in a nutshell. Not quite--eminent domain is also used to take property from people who ARE using it. And I think th
by chrismonsanto 13y ago
> This is the whole 'eminent domain' debate in a nutshell.
Not quite--eminent domain is also used to take property from people who ARE using it. And I think that is where that debate gets very thorny, because the compensation is not always worth the costs of uprooting someone from their home.
- Shinkei 13y agoI agree with you--it's an oversimplification to make my point in this one extreme example, but that's why we have courts to decide the grey areas--hopefully fairly. A good example of current use of eminent domain is highlighted in this article from HuffPost about border properties on Texas/Mexico land. The gov't is paying a lot of money, but only if you have the sense/resources to hire a lawyer and fight for more. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/landowners-seized-border-properties_n_1966636.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/landowners-seized-b...
- noonespecial 13y agoEminent domain hits the skids when it takes property from someone that is living there and pays them the market price for someone who wants to sell to someone who wants to stay. Those are different prices indeed.
- throwaway2048 13y agoIt is especially bad when the market value is depressed to almost nothing by the development to begin with, leaving people doubly shafted
- true_religion 13y agoIf you want to stay, your 'market price' may as well be infinity.